Bernie Sanders announces he will run for president. Does he have any chance?

Sanders announces his presidential campaign

The Democrats have their first major candidate to oppose Hilary Clinton. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced on Thursday that he would challenge Clinton in the Democratic Primary. Before I get into Mr. Sanders' chances of winning, I'm going to give you a quick history of his career and political views. He was born in 1941 and elected the Mayor of Burlington in 1981. He served as mayor until 1989 and was elected to congress in 1990. In 2006, after 16 years in the house, he successfully ran as an independent in the senate election for Vermont and has been a US Senator ever since. He will probably be the most liberal candidate in this primary for the Democrats in fact identifying as socialist. He is liberal on most social issues, including gay rights, abortion rights, climate change, and abolishing the death penalty. He also supports Universal Health Care, a system that allows everyone to get health care at no cost. He says his main goal is to create an America that is not run by Billionaires. Now, back to the question of whether he has a chance. What Sanders is going to do is try to be the liberal alternative to Clinton. The only problem is that Clinton has already gained so much support that it is going to be nearly impossible to unseat her. Unless she makes a huge campaign mistake, Sanders will be hard pressed to find a way to top her, though I don't think that winning is what he desires. In my opinion, I think he wants to use this election as an opportunity to get his ideas out to the public and does not have much of an expectation of winning. I project he could potentially finish second though, judging by the 1.5 million in support he received in the first 24 hours of his campaign.